Back to Search
Start Over
"A Bone of Contention...": Perceived Barriers and Situational Dependencies to Food Preferences of Nursing Home Residents.
- Source :
- Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology & Geriatrics; Jul-Sep2019, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p277-296, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
-
Abstract
- This study investigated barriers to fulfilling food preferences from nursing home (NH) residents' perspectives, and the reasons preferences changed (situational dependencies). Interviews were completed with 255 residents in 28 NHs across greater Philadelphia, PA using six food items from the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory-NH (PELI-NH). Participants were predominantly white (77%), female (67.8%), and widowed (44%) with high school educations (48%). Content analysis was used to identify n = 386 barriers and n = 57 situational dependencies. Participants reported provider policies and staff proficiency as environmental barriers to preference fulfillment regarding what, when, and where to eat. Perceived health and personal resources were barriers to obtaining snacks, take-out, and dining out. Situational dependencies resulted from residents' perceived health and quality of family relationships. Results have implications for providers to centralize food preference fulfillment in care planning, and to use food preferences to address dining quality concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ELDER care
CONTENT analysis
FOOD preferences
HEALTH facilities
HEALTH status indicators
INTERVIEWING
NURSING home residents
PERSONNEL management
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
FAMILY relations
JOB performance
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
PATIENT-centered care
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21551197
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology & Geriatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137870506
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21551197.2019.1617220